Examples of pie in the sky in a Sentence
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Is this peace-pilgrimage trip to the Middle East just pie in the sky?
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Courtney Walsh, FOXNews.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Some see that price as pie in the sky and wonder if any buyers are interested in just a minority stake.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
While not pie in the sky, the quantum computing breakthroughs won’t be producing commercial compute for a very long time.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
This is not something that's pie in the sky.
—NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
Such pie in the sky calculations urging the colonizing of space might seem like unusual territory for a philosophy professor — even one with advanced degrees in physics and computational neuroscience.
—Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 29 May 2025
All of this might seem a bit pie in the sky; creating a new independent agency is no small feat.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
Is that even possible, or is that ‘pie in the sky’ thinking?
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
But pie in the sky, how about a fast track for this year’s first-round draft pick?
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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Courtney Walsh, FOXNews.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Some see that price as pie in the sky and wonder if any buyers are interested in just a minority stake.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
While not pie in the sky, the quantum computing breakthroughs won’t be producing commercial compute for a very long time.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
This is not something that's pie in the sky.
—NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
Such pie in the sky calculations urging the colonizing of space might seem like unusual territory for a philosophy professor — even one with advanced degrees in physics and computational neuroscience.
—Matthew Purdy, New York Times, 29 May 2025
All of this might seem a bit pie in the sky; creating a new independent agency is no small feat.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
Is that even possible, or is that ‘pie in the sky’ thinking?
—Rachel Wells, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
But pie in the sky, how about a fast track for this year’s first-round draft pick?
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
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“Pie in the sky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pie%20in%20the%20sky. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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